Gallium arsenide is a compound that is important in light emitting diodes and solar cells. It packs in a crystalline lattice (shown). The gallium ions are the darker spheres and the arsenide ions are the lighter spheres in the unit cell shown. What is the empirical formula of the salt? Ga As A) GaAs B) Ga:As C) GaAs D) Ga.As. E) Ga.As.
Gallium arsenide is a compound that is important in light emitting diodes and solar cells. It packs in a crystalline lattice (shown). The gallium ions are the darker spheres and the arsenide ions are the lighter spheres in the unit cell shown. What is the empirical formula of the salt? Ga As A) GaAs B) Ga:As C) GaAs D) Ga.As. E) Ga.As.
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![Gallium arsenide is a compound that is important in light emitting diodes and solar
cells. It packs in a crystalline lattice (shown). The gallium ions are the darker
spheres and the arsenide ions are the lighter spheres in the unit cell shown.
What is the empirical formula of the salt?
Ga
As
A) GaAs
B) Ga:As
C) GaAs
D) Ga.As.
E) Ga.As.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fc468359d-d055-437a-bfc7-5975c8120350%2F365378a6-9975-4dfa-ae2e-cf8dd6c6ed7e%2Fomtvnkn_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Gallium arsenide is a compound that is important in light emitting diodes and solar
cells. It packs in a crystalline lattice (shown). The gallium ions are the darker
spheres and the arsenide ions are the lighter spheres in the unit cell shown.
What is the empirical formula of the salt?
Ga
As
A) GaAs
B) Ga:As
C) GaAs
D) Ga.As.
E) Ga.As.
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